“Jack, John, and Sonia Freidman” are British TV royalty, and we’re certain that with their pedigree, the project is in good hands.

Thorne has written for theater and such TV shows as Skins and Shameless. Tiffany has directed the likes of Black Watch and Once. In 2012, he won a Tony Award for best direction of a musical for his work on Once. Friedman has run her own theater company, Sonia Friedman Productions, since 2002. It has also worked on such recent TV projects as Wolf Hall and The Dresser.

This is (so far as we know) independent of that otherprequel set in the world of the boy wizard, which is also scheduled to be released next year.